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G. Thomas Osterfield

tom.osterfield@alumni.vanderbilt.edu


Professional experience

2004- Interim Parish Ministry

Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedarburg, WI

  • Interim Pastor, September 2007 - February 2009

Village Church, Milwaukee, WI

  • Interim Pastor, March 2006 - July 2007

Galilee Lutheran Church, Pewaukee, WI

  • Associate Interim Pastor, July 2005 - February 2006

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Oconomowoc, WI

  • Associate Interim Pastor, May 2004 - June 2005

2002-2004 Dr. Martin Luther Church, Oconomowoc, WI

Resident Theologian

  • Part-time preaching and teaching

Fall 2007, Fall 2008. Instructor - Introduction to the Old Testament

  • Five three hour class sessions
  • Sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Synod (ELCA) as part of the synodical diakonia program.

Spring 2002, Fall 2003, Winter 2006. Instructor - Introduction to the Old Testament

  • Ten Saturday morning classes
  • Primarily for those seeking rostered status as Associates in Ministry
  • Sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Synod (ELCA) and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

1996 - 2004. Nashotah House, Frances Donaldson Library, Nashotah, WI

Librarian
Associate Professor of Bibliography
, October 2001-June 2004
Assistant Professor of Bibliography, July 1997 - October 2001

1984 - 1996 Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center, Rootstown, OH

Archivist, Cataloger, Records Officer, Instructor in Library and Information Sciences

  • Archivist, NEOUCOM Special Collections
  • Internet instructor (World Wide Web, HTML, gopher, mailing lists, ftp, telnet) in workshops for local faculty, staff, students, and clinical faculty.
  • Chair of task force and web co-ordinator for Information Center home page.
  • Member, NEOUCOM Faculty Bylaws Committee, 1986-1996.
  • Chair, NEOUCOM History of Medicine Advisory Committee, 1984-1996
  • Member, NEOUCOM Records Control and Retention Committee, 1985-1996
  • Member, OORMIC Electronic Resource Acquisition Ad Hoc Committee 1993-1996

1992 Hiram College Hiram, OH

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Religion

  • Taught Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible in the winter and fall terms of the traditional college.
  • Taught Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible in the fall term of the weekend college.

1979 - 1990 First Lutheran Church Burton, OH

Pastor (part-time - varied status)

1983 - 1984 Cuyahoga County Public Library Cleveland, OH

Temporary Cataloger

  • Cataloging of films and sound recordings for retrospective conversion.

1977 - 1979 Christ the King Lutheran Church Twinsburg, OH

Pastor

1974 - 1976 Grace Lutheran Church Laurel, MS

Pastor


Additional professional activities

Lecturer, Community Christian Education program in Random Lake, WI, October 2002
Stated Supply Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church, Stone Bank, WI, 2001-2002
Milwaukee Area Academic Library Directors, 1996-2004
OhioLINK Cooperative Information Resources Management Committee, 1993-1996
OhioNet Automated Reference Services Council, 1989-1990
Northeastern Ohio Major Academic and Research Libraries Preservation and Special Collections Group, 1989-1996
Ohio Preservation Council, 1991-1996
Ohio Network of Medical History Collections, 1985-1996


Education

1968 - 1974, 1994-2001 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible

1981 - 1982 Kent State University Kent, OH

M.L.S.

1965 - 1968 Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA

M.Div.

1961 - 1965 Upsala College East Orange, NJ

A.B.


Professional membership (current)

Society of Biblical Literature


Ecclesiastical Status


Personal Information

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